Fred Hornkohl

Cedeno called out on strikes

Soto doubled to down the left field line , DeRosa scored

DeRosa walked

Pittsburgh CUBS P/PA 3.56 3.60 RBI% 0.00 1.00 R/BR 0.00 1.00 BA 0.333 0.400 OBP 0.333 0.400 SLG 0.333 1.000 OPS 0.667 1.400 ERA 18.00 0.00 BB/9 0.00 0.00 K/9 18.00 9.00

TOP OF THE SECOND INNING Nady grounded out to third, 5-3 Doumit struck out swinging Bautista singled to left field Bixler singled to right field , Bautista to second Gorzelanny struck out swinging 0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 2 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 0 3 0 CUBS 2 2 2 0 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 18 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 2.0 3 0 0 0 1 0 32

Bixler singled to right field , Bautista to second

Bautista singled to left field

Doumit struck out swinging

Ground ball to the first baseman, bobbled, and picked up by the second baseman who threw to first in time.

Nady grounded out to third, 5-3

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING Johnson grounded out to third, 5-3 Theriot singled to center field D Lee homered to left field , Theriot scored Ramirez struck out swinging Fukudome struck out swinging 2 runs 2 hits 0 errors 0 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 CUBS 2 2 2 0 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: Lee (7) Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 1 18 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14

CUBS are 3-2 when Derrek Lee hits a home run.... 7-4 when he doesn't CUBS are 5-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-4 when they don't CUBS are 2-1 when they score in the first inning.... 8-5 when they don't Go CUBS !!

Ramirez struck out swinging

D Lee homered to left field , Theriot scored

Theriot singled to center field

Johnson grounded out to third, 5-3

TOP OF THE FIRST INNING Bautista walked Rivas singled to left field , Bautista to second Pignatiello in to pitch for the CUBS Morgan, pinch hitting for Marte, walked , Bautista to third, Rivas to second McLouth flied out to center field Sanchez grounded out to short, 6-3 Bay singled to center field LaRoche grounded out 3-4-1 0 runs 1 hits 0 errors 1 men left on base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 CUBS 0 0 0 Home runs: Pittsburgh: none CUBS: none Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Gorzelanny 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CUBS IP H R ER BB K HR PIT Marquis 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14

Bay singled to center field

Sanchez grounded out to short, 6-3

McLouth flied out to center field

2 second basemen and no LFer? That should be interesting! ;) Serious force of habit putting DeRosa at 2b, eh?

The lineups for both sides........ Saturday 19 April 2008 Pittsburgh @ CUBS 12:05 Pittsburgh McLouth, cf Sanchez, 2b Bay, lf LaRoche, 1b Nady, rf Doumit, c Bautista, 3b Bixler, ss Gorzelanny, p CUBS Johnson, cf Theriot, ss D Lee, 1b Ramirez, 3b Fukudome, rf DeRosa, 2b Soto, c Cedeno, 2b Marquis, p

Some worthless stats of the day for Saturday......... CUBS are 1-1 on Saturdays CUBS are 4-0 vs. Pittsburgh CUBS are 9-4 vs. the NLC Division CUBS are 2-1 when they've won their last 1 game(s) in a row CUBS are 6-3 when they've won their previous game CUBS are 6-4 in day games CUBS are 6-4 at home CUBS are 3-1 against lefties CUBS are 4-2 when they get a quality start.... 6-4 when they don't CUBS are 3-5 when the opponent gets a quality start.... 7-1 when they don't CUBS are 5-2 when they score first in the game.... 5-4 when they don't CUBS are 2-1 when they score in the first inning.... 8-5 when they don't CUBS are 8-0 when they score at least 4 runs.... 2-6 when they don't CUBS are 5-0 when they allow fewer than 4 runs.... 5-6 when they don't CUBS are 9-1 when they outhit the opponents.... 0-5 when they get outhit.... and 1-0 when the hits are even CUBS are 0-0 when the temperature is 70 degrees or above.... 10-6 when it's less than 70 degrees CUBS are 4-3 when CSN broadcasts the game CUBS have not GIDP'd in their last 7 games CUBS are on a pace to win 101 games this year..... compared to 85 last year and 66 in '06 and 79 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to score 861 runs this year..... compared to 752 last year and 716 in '06 and 703 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to hit 192 home runs this year..... compared to 151 last year and 166 in '06 and 194 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to draw 648 walks this year..... compared to 500 last year and 395 in '06 and 419 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to strike out 1144 times this year..... compared to 1054 last year and 928 in '06 and 920 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to steal 132 bases this year..... compared to 87 last year and 121 in '06 and 64 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to ground into 91 double plays this year..... compared to 128 last year and 135 in '06 and 129 in '05 CUBS are on a pace to commit 122 errors this year..... compared to 94 last year and 104 in '06 and 100 in '05 CUBS are scoring 5.31 runs per game this year..... compared to 4.64 last year and 4.42 in '06 and 4.34 in '05 CUBS are seeing 3.94 pitches per plate appearance..... compared to 3.74 last year and 3.68 in '06 and 3.61 in '05 CUBS are driving in 17.9% of their baserunners..... compared to 18.9% last year and 20.0% in '06 and 18.4% in '05 CUBS are scoring 0.376 runs per baserunner this year..... compared to 0.364 last year and 0.370 in '06 and 0.365 in '05 CUBS are getting extra base hits at a 36.1% rate..... compared to 34.1% last year and 32.3% in '06 and 35.8% in '05 CUBS' starting rotation...... Team Run Pitcher GS Record Q/S Q/S % IP # Pit P/IP IP/GS P/GS ERA Suppt Zambrano 4 2- 2 3 0.750 26.7 404 15.2 6.7 101.0 3.04 5.25 Lilly 4 1- 3 0 0.000 18.7 337 18.1 4.7 84.3 9.16 3.75 Dempster 3 3- 0 2 0.667 19.0 295 15.5 6.3 98.3 2.37 7.00 Hill 3 2- 1 1 0.333 14.0 242 17.3 4.7 80.7 3.86 4.33 Marquis 2 2- 0 0 0.000 10.3 167 16.2 5.2 83.5 5.23 7.50 CUBS 16 10- 6 6 0.375 88.7 1445 16.3 5.5 90.3 4.57 5.31 CUBS are 2-0 when Marquis starts Marquis is 0 of 2 in quality starts Marquis has 2 consecutive non-quality start(s) Marquis' ERA pitching to Soto is 6.75.... to Blanco it's 3.60 CUBS score 5.31 R/G overall.... 7.50 R/G when Marquis pitches CUBS hit 1.19 HR/G overall.... 1.00 HR/G when Marquis pitches CUBS' offensive support of Marquis..... 03/31 - 04/18 AB R H 2b 3b HR TB RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS CUBS w/Marquis 76 15 26 5 1 2 39 13 7 8 0.342 0.398 0.513 0.911 CUBS overall 582 85 155 34 3 19 252 79 64 113 0.266 0.344 0.433 0.777 CUBS were 1-2 with Tim Barrett behind home plate last year Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .18 Sun 04/22 St. Louis 9-12 Miller Wainright .96 Sat 07/21 Arizona 2- 3 Hill Owings 122 Sat 08/18 St. Louis 5- 3 Marshall Reyes CUBS' bullpen load during the last week..... Fri Thur Wed Tues Mon Sun Sat Totals 18 Apr 17 Apr 16 Apr 15 Apr 14 Apr 13 Apr 12 Apr vs. Pitt vs. Cinc vs. Cinc vs. Cinc no game @ Phila @ Phila pitcher IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit IP Pit Hart 2.0 36 2.7 55 4.7 91 Howry 0.7 14 1.0 24 1.0 30 2.7 68 Lieber 0.7 9 1.0 23 1.7 32 Marmol 2.0 43 2.0 27 1.3 26 5.3 96 Pignatiello Wood 1.0 6 1.0 15 2.0 23 4.0 44 Wuertz 1.0 12 0.0 5 0.0 14 1.0 31 Marshall 0.3 2 0.3 2 0.7 11 1.3 15 Totals 4.0 60 3.0 51 2.0 36 3.0 47 5.0 98 3.7 85 20.7 377 CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh this year (4-0)..... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter 7 Mon 04/07 @ Pittsburgh 10- 8 Lilly Gorzelanny 8 Wed 04/09 @ Pittsburgh N 6- 4 Dempster Duke 9 Thu 04/10 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 3 Hill Morris .16 Fri 04/18 Pittsburgh 3- 2 Hill Snell .17 Sat 04/19 Pittsburgh - Marquis Gorzelanny .18 Sun 04/20 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .42 Fri 05/16 Pittsburgh - Marquis Gorzelanny .43 Sat 05/17 Pittsburgh - Dempster Duke .44 Sun 05/18 Pittsburgh - Zambrano Morris .48 Fri 05/23 @ Pittsburgh N - Dempster Duke .49 Sat 05/24 @ Pittsburgh N - Zambrano Morris .50 Sun 05/25 @ Pittsburgh - Lilly Maholm 110 Fri 08/01 Pittsburgh - Lilly Maholm 111 Sat 08/02 Pittsburgh - Hill Snell 112 Sun 08/03 Pittsburgh - Marquis Gorzelanny 131 Mon 08/25 @ Pittsburgh N - Hill Snell 132 Tue 08/26 @ Pittsburgh N - Marquis Gorzelanny 133 Wed 08/27 @ Pittsburgh - Dempster Maholm CUBS' season series vs. Pittsburgh last year (8-7) ....... Gm# Date Opponent Score Starter Opp Starter .24 Mon 04/30 @ Pittsburgh N 2- 3 Hill Duke .25 Tue 05/01 @ Pittsburgh N 8- 6 Lilly Armas .26 Wed 05/02 @ Pittsburgh 7- 1 Marquis Snell .30 Tue 05/08 Pittsburgh N 3- 4 Lilly Snell .31 Wed 05/09 Pittsburgh 1- 0 Marquis Gorzelanny .32 Thu 05/10 Pittsburgh 4- 6 Zambrano Maholm .85 Fri 07/06 @ Pittsburgh N 4- 8 Marquis Maholm .86 Sat 07/07 @ Pittsburgh N 7- 1 Lilly Van Benschoten .87 Sun 07/08 @ Pittsburgh 2- 6 Zambrano Youman 140 Fri 09/07 @ Pittsburgh N 1- 6 Hill Gorzelanny 141 Sat 09/08 @ Pittsburgh N 5- 1 Zambrano Snell 142 Sun 09/09 @ Pittsburgh 5-10 Trachsel Morris 154 Fri 09/21 Pittsburgh 13- 8 Marquis Maholm 155 Sat 09/22 Pittsburgh 9- 5 Hill Duke 156 Sun 09/23 Pittsburgh 8- 0 Zambrano Gorzelanny CUBS' magic numbers: St. Louis 148 Milwaukee 147 Pittsburgh 144 Cincinnati 143 Houston 142 Go CUBS !!! © 2008, Fred W. Hornkohl

Greetings one and all from beautiful Eagan, MN The pitching matchups for this game....... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/452733.jpg Gorzelanny, the guy who is making a habit of losing to the CUBS, (1-1) vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/150302.jpg Marquis, the deer in the headlights guy, (0-0) It's Len & Bob on CSN TV, Pat & Ron on WGN Radio as always, and also on XM 183 CUBS have won 9 of their last 13 games against left handed starters, including 3 of 4 this year, including 1 against Gorzelanny. This thing where you score more runs than the other guy...... keep doing it !!! Go CUBS !!

Greetings one and all from beautiful Salt Lake City, UT !!! It's time for Dusty and the Reds to get out of here. If they can't play nice, they can just go home ! Now, we got.... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/pit/images/homepage/y2008/matchup.png ..... AT .... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/images/homepage/y2008/matchup.png The pitching matchup for this game......... http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/430636.jpg Snell, the ugly beady-eyed looking guy (2-0) vs. http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/mlb/448179.jpg Rich Hill, the handsome All-American kid, (0-0) You can catch this game with Len & Bob on WGN TV, or listen to Pat & Ron on WGN Radio, or you can catch Pat & Ron on XM Radio 183. Go CUBS !!